Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-08-02
Corporation Proceedings.

The City Council met in special session
last night at the City Hall and transacted
the following business:
Applications for appointment were re-
ceiVed from ID. Claude, of A., as Clerk;
Silas 5. Shores, as lamplighter; VIM. 2.
killman as City Commissioner; II. Ninton
Thomas as Police Officer.
Alderman Brooks moved the Board pro.
coed to the election Of officers. The yeas
and nays being called resulted:
Yeas-The Mayor, Aldermen Goodman
Thomas, Bells. Brooks and Feldmeyer-
6.
Nays-Alderman Thompson.
So the motion was carried, and the
board proceeded TO the election of officers.
Clerk-Alderman Thomas nominated
Elihu S. Riley. Alderman Thompson
nominated Grafton. Munroe.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen Brooks
and Bells as tellers. The ballot resulted
Elihu s. Riley votes and Grafton Nun
roe 2. Mr.. Riley was declared elected
clerk
Collector and Treasurer: Aldermen
Thomas nominated l.. III. REIN. Alder.
man Thompson nominated NJ. NJ Smith
The ballot resulted l. III. REIN votes
M. NJ Smith 2.
Mr.. REIN was duly declared elected col
lector and treasurer.
City Commissioner: Alderman Brooks
nominated Edgar Hutton. Alderman
Thompson nominated Arthur Can ,er.
The ballot resulted Edgar Hutton 5;
Arthur Carter 2.
So Mr.. Hutton was duly declared elect
ed City Commissioner.
For Health Officer-Alderman Good
man nominated DIR. +. ii. Thompson;
Alderman Thompson nominated DIR. w.
G. Ridout. The ballot resulted DIR. +.
II Thompson, 9; DIR. w. c. Ridout l..
Dr. Thompson was duly declared elected
Health Officer
For Market Master-Alderman Thomas
nominated Martin +. Revell; Alderman
Thompson nominated Chas. Martin. The
ballot resulted NJ. +. Revell, 8; Charles
Martin2 Mr.. Revell was duly declared
elected Market Master.
For messenger to the Board-Alderman
Brooks nominated Caleb Stewart Alder
man Thompson nominated James Crew.
The ballot resulted Stewart s.; Crew /,
| and Bevan l. MIR. Stewart was duly de.
| clared elected messenger to the Board
For Chief Of Police-Alderman Thomas
nominated Arthur Martin; Alderman
Thompson nominated +. II. Brown. The
ballot resulted Martin 5; Brown ?. Mr.
Martin was duly declared elected Chief
of Police
Il A. Mitchell, of the LIST ward, Jas. III.
Watkins of the 2nd, G. N. Stinchcomb
and John II. Tydings of the Bird ward
were re elected policemen.
Aldermen Thompson, republican, of
the Bird ward put in nomination Messrs.
Denver, Johnson and Brewer.
Messrs. Hutchinson, Shores and Kirby
were elected lamplighters.
Alderman Bells who had previously
taken the oath of office subscribed
his name in the book kept for that pur-
pose.
The following committees were an
nounced:
On Fnance-The Counsellor, Aldermen
Bells and Fcldmeyer.
On StreetS-Alderma Thomas, Brooks,
and Goodman.
On Public BuildtRgs-Aldermen Bells,
Thomas and Thompson.
Leave was granted Alderman Thomas
TO introduce an ordinance to impose the
city tax for 1887.
Alderman Thomas presented the verbal
petition of j. $. NJ. Basil for curbing in
front of his houses on the North side City
Dock.
An order was passed appropriating the
following sums for the month of August:
For cleaning streets. .......... $4,000
Repairing streets. SUPERINTENDENT 5000
Lamp Lighters. ..............-. 90
The Board took up the revision of the
assessment list
The Collector and Treasurer was order
ed TO return the further assessments of
new property to the clerk.
The bill of John II. Hutchinson for So
was presented and referred to the finance
committee.
The report of the clerk for the month
of July was presented by the Mayor. On
motion the Board adjourned.